Great Weather And Great Racing Friday May 6th

May 5th 2016 Grand Forks, ND:

Great Weather and Great Racing are two things that go together like Cheese on a Cheeseburger with cool beverages with good friends on a summer evening. All of which will be experienced this Friday at The World Famous Legendary Bullring River Cities Speedway. Mid 70's and overcast is the forecast when the green flag drops this Friday at The Bullring. A great time will be had by all that is for sure! This year has started early, very competitive & thrilling leaving everyone wanting more.

Last week the WISSOTA NLRA Late Models had a surprise visit from Donny Schatz in his NLRA Late Model and in the heat race Donny had the fastest lap times in the ending laps as you can see by the stats in the image below, but in the last lap with 2 turns to go local NLRA drivers Steve Anderson Jr and Mike Balcaen held 1 and 2 at the finish and Donny Schatz landed 3rd at the line. Click here for VIDEO

Dustin Strand leading the field during heat race action last Friday night. Photo by Mike Spieker.

By Mike SpiekerGRAND FORKS, ND (September 2) – Seventeen; that’s the number of scheduled Premier Racing Series events that have led up to Friday night’s season championship, presented by Stamart. Since late April, every driver that has hit the high banks of River Cities Speedway has scratched and clawed to earn every single position out there on the track; and it all comes down to this Friday night.

GRAND FORKS, ND (July 31) - Nineteen WISSOTA Late Models made up the starting grid for the 20 lap feature. Shane Edginton and Bill Mooney led them across the North Dakota Eye Clinic starting line and took the green flag.

July 31 PS Garage Doors "Driver of the Night"

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, ND (July 31) - Even though Ryan Schroeder hasn't been a weekly competitor at River Cities Speedway this season, the 2010 and 2012 track champion still knows how to get around the ol' Bullring.

GRAND FORKS, ND (June 5) - The Happy Harry’s Bottle Shops Midwest Modifieds were 32 car strong, but a wild B-main trimmed the field down to the fastest 22. Cole Haugland put his Ford on the pole for the 18 lap feature with Todd Johnson lined up to his outside.

﻿Ryan Flaten parks his 1955 Chevy in RydellCars.com Victory Lane.

An ecstatic Ryan Flaten poses for a victory lane photo after his Street Stock win. Photo courtesy of Mike Spieker.

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, ND (May 15) - The Well's Concrete WISSOTA Street Stocks were 17 cars strong for their 15 lap main event. Nick Minske and Ryan Flaten led the field to the green flag, with Flaten jumping out to the early advantage. By lap three, Flaten had established a 15 car length lead over second place, Bryce Reimer. A caution on lap six, however, erased Flaten's lead and put the pack right on his rear bumper.

Joey Pederson steals the Late Model win away from Mike Balcaen in the closing laps.

GRAND FORKS, ND (May 15) - In a field that consisted of the top three Late Model drivers in last year's 2014 WISSOTA national points, it was the local River Cities Speedway talent that led the way around the high-banked 3/10th mile dirt track.

Despite all the rain this week, the races are still on for Friday, May 15th!

GRAND FORKS, ND (May 14) - Despite gloomy and soggy conditions all week, it appears as though the weather is going to turn around just in time for night two of the Premier Racing Series at River Cities Speedway.

Racing Kicks Off Friday Night at River Cities Speedway!

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, ND (April 29) - There are two types of people putting in long hours in the tractor right now; farmers and the River Cities Speedway track crew. That's because they're getting the Bullring prepped and groomed to kick off the 2015 season this Friday night.

Robert Bladow to wheel #00 WISSOTA Late Model at The Bullring in 2015

River Cities Speedway | RydellCars.com

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, ND (April 23) - The Northern Outlaw Sprint Association isn't the only series with young talent entering its ranks. The NLRA Late Models will have 19-year-old Robert Bladow joining the tour this year in search of the 2015 NLRA Rookie of the Year title. Bladow began his racing career in the Pure Stock division, where he picked up a feature win at Norman County Raceway in 2012, and has competed in a WISSOTA Midwest Modified/IMCA Sport Mod for the previous two seasons.

AJ Diemel holds on to win a thriller over Joey Pederson.

GRAND FORKS, ND (September 6) - After the stout 26 car field paid tribute to the late John Seitz with their four wide missing man formation, the drivers cinched down their seat belts and got their elbows up for the 92 lap, $9,200-to-win Late Model feature.

Joey Pederson wheels his way from 23rd to 2nd during the 92 lap A-main

By Mike Spieker

GRAND FORKS, ND (September 6) - Coming into the night Joey Pederson wasn't even locked into the $9,200-to-win Late Model A-main. Pederson lined up on the outside of the front row in B-main #1 and held on to grab the third and final transfer spot into the biggest Wissota Late Model event of the year.